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1126 pages ; 21 cm "Born a slave, Frederick Douglass educated himself, escaped, and made himself one of the greatest leaders in American history. His three autobiographical narratives, collected here in one volume, are now recognized as classics of both American history and American literature. Writing with the eloquence and fierce intelligence that made him a brilliantly effective spokesman for abolition and equal rights, Douglass shapes an inspiring vision of self-realization in the face of monumental odds. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave (1845), published seven years after his escape, was written in part as a response to skeptics who refused to believe that so articulate an orator could ever have been a slave. A powerfully compressed account of the cruelty and oppression of the Maryland plantation culture into which Douglass was born, it brought him to the forefront of the anti-slavery movement and drew thousands, black and white, to the cause." "In My Bondage and My Freedom (1855), written after he had established himself as a newspaper editor, Douglass expands the account of his slavery years. With astonishing psychological penetration, he probes

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Author

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, author, Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., editor

Publisher

New York : Literary Classics of the United States, New York : Penguin Group (USA) Inc

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9781598537659

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, History

Rating

4.33 / 5 (438 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14